Neurologist Oliver Sacks talks about adaptation in his patients. Strengths coming through as a result of disease.
Studs Terkel interviews Oliver Sacks.
And I offer a story bite of my own. Enjoy.
Continue readingHealing through story
Neurologist Oliver Sacks talks about adaptation in his patients. Strengths coming through as a result of disease.
Studs Terkel interviews Oliver Sacks.
And I offer a story bite of my own. Enjoy.
Continue readingKicking off this week with a quote from poet/essayist Mary Karr’s Syracuse University commencement address, 2015.
A reflection: Will our lives be immortalized in the Louvre, or written on a sidewalk in chalk?
Continue readingToday we talk about reluctance vs. expansiveness. About presence. About marking our space. Marking, without pissing on the wall.
This week’s reading included poetry by Robert Desnos, the latest book by Twyla Tharp, and a romance chapter from a new author. Yes, I said romance!
And, ala Hemingway, I offer you one true sentence.
Continue readingJames Brown warns his bass player, Keep it on the one. The upbeat. You can do anything from there.
The thirteenth month of pandemic, and the one is hard to find.
Notes and thoughts to get us through. And an excerpt from my novel to offer a moment of excitement.
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